Ice-card holder



H. NOBLE.

ICE cARuHoLnER. APPLICATION FILED MAH. I6 1920.

UNITED STATES PfrENT OFFICE.

GERTRUDE HELEN NOBLE, OF DOUGLAS, ARIZONA.

ICE-CARD HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern.'

vBe it known that I, GnnTRUDn H. NOBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Douglas, in the county of Cochise and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Card Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in card holders.

The primary objectV is to provide a simple and practical holder for ice cards, the holder being capable of easy attachment to a sup-y port of any type.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which may be simply and inexpensively manufactured, and will hold a display card in such a manner thatit ma be easily read.

With the above and other Objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure 1, is a view showing the holder in use; Y

Fig. 2, is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3, isa section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, is a detailperspectiveof one corner; and l Fig. 5, is a detail perspective showing the corner structure. Y

Similar reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Reference is now had to the drawing in which is shown a card C, used to indicate the amount of ice desired. Cards of the design illustrated have long been used, but the means employed for supporting them has been unsatisfactory, in that the cards would not remain in a position to permit reading the notice carried thereby and oftentimes are blown away by the wind.

This improved card holder is preferably formed of light sheet metal or the like bent to form channel bars.

In constructing the card holder. I use a pair of sheet metal channel bars 1, said bars being Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J ath-25, 1921.

Application led'March 16,1920. Serial No. 366,196.

disposed in spaced parallel relation to form side bars and connected at one end by va channel bar 2. The channel bar 2 straddles one end of the pair of side bars 1, the connection between the side bars and the third bar 2 being formed by soldering or welding. One end of the channel bar 2 is extended beyond the adjacent side bar and has its ends 3 mashed or pressed together and apertured to form an attaching ear for securing the holder toa support S. It is very apparent, that while I have stated that the attaching ear is formed by mashing the ends of the channel bar together, I may extend only one side of the bar described, and obtai'n practically the same result. The con struction just set forth provides a substantially U-shaped open frame whose channel bar sides open inwardly and serve to guide and retain in place a card C.

The free ends of the side bars are connected by a pair of two ply strips 4, said strips each being formed by folding a strip of sheet metal upon itself. At one end of the pair of strips 4: the outer ply is extended beyond the inner ply to form an ear 5 which is apertured for receiving a nail to secure the holder to a support. Each of the two ply strips is separated at each end to straddle one wall of the pair of channeled side bars 1, to which it is welded or otherwise suitably secured. The two strips 4: are spaced apart to permit insertion of a card into the holder.

When the holder is to be used, it is mounted on a post. or other suitable support, by nails or the like fasteners and isA positioned as shownV in Fig. 1, the spaced strips being disposed so that the card may be dropped into place.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form. proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

I claim:

1. A card holder comprising a U-shaped frame having an Open end and composed of channel strips providing inwardly extending card engaging flanges, strips extending transversely of the frame at the open end lthereof With the channel strip at one side positioned between the strips, the strips being doubled longitudinally to provide inner and outer layers and the innerlayers being cut to provide tongues extending between the flanges of the second side bar of the frame With the outer layers bent about the side bar and brought together to provide a fastener receiving tab.

2. A card holder Comprising an open ended frame having side bars and end bars,

the side bars having inwardly extending anges for engaging a card and the end bars havingl spaced ycard engaging .strips straddling the end portions of the side bars and extended to provide tongues brought together and provided with fastener receiving openings. i

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand. 1

GERTEUDE HELEN NOBLE. 

